EP1014480A2 - Récepteur radio à haute sensibilité - Google Patents

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EP1014480A2
EP1014480A2 EP99124917A EP99124917A EP1014480A2 EP 1014480 A2 EP1014480 A2 EP 1014480A2 EP 99124917 A EP99124917 A EP 99124917A EP 99124917 A EP99124917 A EP 99124917A EP 1014480 A2 EP1014480 A2 EP 1014480A2
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antenna
receiving filter
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Tetsuya Mimura
Kei Satoh
Shoichi Narahashi
Toshio Nojima
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NTT Docomo Inc
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H01Q3/30—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array
    • H01Q3/34—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array by electrical means
    • H01Q3/36—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array by electrical means with variable phase-shifters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/364—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith using a particular conducting material, e.g. superconductor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/06—Receivers
    • H04B1/16—Circuits
    • H04B1/18—Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
    • H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
    • H04B7/08—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
    • H04B7/0837—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station using pre-detection combining
    • H04B7/084—Equal gain combining, only phase adjustments
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/02—Transmitters
    • H04B1/03—Constructional details, e.g. casings, housings
    • H04B1/036—Cooling arrangements

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  • the present invention relates to a radio receiver which may be used in a mobile communication base station system, for example, and in particular, to a high sensitivity radio receiver which exhibits an improved reception sensitivity achieved through the cooling of a radio frequency receiver section.
  • Both the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 are confined in a cryostat 8, and are cooled down by cooling means 9 having a cold stage 9a which is effective to cool down the receiving filter 5 and the amplifier 6.
  • the cooling means 9 may include a cold head , to which a copper plate may be attached to serve as the cold stage 9a, on which the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 can be mounted.
  • a first power supply terminal 10 which feeds the low noise reception amplifier 6
  • a second power supply terminal 11 which feeds the cooling means 9.
  • the cryostat 8 and the cooling means 9 are contained in a casing 12. Reference may be made to "A Receiver Front End For Wireless Base Stations" in Microwave Journal, Vol .39, No.
  • the phase shifter 3 may be arranged as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the antenna elements 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d are disposed in a vertical array with a spacing d between the elements, and a radio wave having a wavelength of ⁇ which is incident on the array with an angle of depression of ⁇ with respect to the perpendicular to the array may reach the antenna array with a phase difference between the adjacent antenna elements as indicated below. 2 ⁇ dsin ⁇ / ⁇ It will be noted that the upper the location of a particular element in the array, the more the phase of the received wave is delaying.
  • a design may be employed in the mobile communication base station system which directs the center of the antenna beam depressed toward the ground surface or downward in order to enhance the sensitivity for radio waves transmitted by mobile units which are resident in a service area of a mobile communication base station. While not shown in Fig. 1, where the antenna 1 is also used for signal transmission, the transmission antenna beam may be directed toward the ground surface in order to reduce interferences with radio waves of adjacent areas.
  • the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 are confined in the cryostat 8 which is arranged to provide an isolation from external heat input as by vacuum heat insulation, for example.
  • the cooling means 9 comprises a cryogenic refrigerator, which may be commercially available, and which is capable of maintaining the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 at a temperature which may be as low as several tens of Kelvin degrees, for example, for a prolonged length of time in a stable manner.
  • the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 are cooled down to a cryogenic temperature for a prolonged length of time in a stable manner, thermal noises generated in the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 are reduced to a minimum while allowing the insertion loss of the receiving filter 5 to be reduced.
  • the noise figure of the receiver shown in Fig. 1 is greatly improved as is the reception sensitivity. Accordingly, the use of the high sensitivity radio receiver shown in Fig. 1 brings forth advantages that a reception output in excess of a minimum prescribed C/N (carrier power/noise power), for example , can be obtained from a low level received signal and that a less power is required on the transmitting side to achieve a reception output in excess of a minimum prescribed C/N.
  • a minimum prescribed C/N carrier power/noise power
  • a conventional high sensitivity radio receiver utilizes the phase shifter 3 for adjusting the direction of the antenna beam, and thermal noises generated in the phase shifter 3 degrade the reception sensitivity of the receiver.
  • the phase shifter 3 is disposed outside the casing 12, and this requires the provision of the antenna feeder 4, the loss of which in turn degrades the reception sensitivity disadvantageously. It is an object of the invention to provide a high sensitivity radio receiver which exhibits a high reception sensitivity if the phase shifter 3 is used for the purpose of adjusting the direction of the antenna beam.
  • an antenna comprises an array of n antenna elements where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2.
  • Signal received by individual antenna elements are input to a phase shifter where their phases are adjusted to define the center of an antenna beam which is directed in a desired direction before they are synthesized to provide an output signal, which is then passed through a receiving filter.
  • a filter output is amplified in a low noise reception amplifier to be delivered to an output terminal. It is premised that the receiving filter and the low noise reception amplifier of the high sensitivity radio receiver are confined in a cryostat, and are cooled down by cooling means.
  • phase shifter is confined in the cryostat to be cooled down by the cooling means.
  • An antenna duplexer is inserted in a path between the phase shifter and the receiving filter, both of which are confined in the cryostat, and a transmitted signal is passed through the antenna duplexer to be delivered to the antenna.
  • the antenna duplexer comprises a receiving filter which passes a reception band while eliminating a transmission band and a transmitting filter which passes the transmission band while eliminating the reception band. At least the receiving filter of the antenna duplexer is confined in the cryostat to be cooled down by the cooling means.
  • Antenna duplexers are inserted each in a path between one of the n antenna elements and the phase shifter.
  • a transmitted signal is divided into n signals in a transmitting phase shifter where the relative phases of the divided signals are adjusted to provide output signals, which are then passed through the n antenna duplexer to be delivered to the antenna elements.
  • the receiving filter is formed of a superconductor material which assumes a superconducting condition when it is cooled down by the cooling means. At least part of the receiving filter of the antenna duplexer is confined in the cryostat and is connected before the receiving filter formed of the superconductor material which is, cooled down by the cooling means for as to be also cooled by the cooling means.
  • the receiving filter of the antenna duplexer is formed of a non-superconductor material.
  • a second receiving filter is connected after the low noise reception amplifier and is confined in the cryostat to be cooled down by the cooling means.
  • each of the n antenna elements is connected to a respective antenna duplexer, the output of a respective receiving filter of the duplexer of which is connected to a series circuit including a phase shifter, a receiving filter, and a low noise reception amplifier.
  • the outputs of these n series circuits are connected together and connected to the output terminal.
  • the n series circuits are confined in the cryostat to be cooled by the cooling means.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention where parts corresponding to those shown in Fig. 1 are designated by like numerals and characters as used before.
  • This embodiment is distinct from the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 in that a phase shifter 3 is confined in a cryostat 8 to be cooled down by cooling means 9 through a cold stage 9a.
  • the phase shifter 3 is cooled down in this manner, the thermal noises generated therein can be reduced to a minimum.
  • the receiving filter 5 is located nearer the phase shifter 3, thus eliminating the antenna feeder 4 which is provided in the prior arrangement and its associated loss, resulting in a high reception sensitivity.
  • the phase shifter 3 shown in Fig. 3 may be formed of a superconductor material which assumes a superconducting condition when it is cooled down by cooling means 9.
  • the phase shifter 3 may be constructed as a micro-strip line formed as a pattern of superconductor thin films on a dielectric substrate.
  • the circuit loss is drastically reduced, contributing to a further improvement in the sensitivity of the receiver.
  • the receiving filter 5 assumes a superconducting condition, there can be obtained a very steep cut-off. As a consequence, the selectivity of the receiver can be enhanced, allowing radio interferences from adjacent bands to be significantly reduced.
  • the receiving filter 5 may comprise a cavity resonator filter, a dielectric resonator filter, a semi-coaxial filter or the like, and the described advantage can be gained by forming their electrodes from a superconductor material.
  • an antenna duplexer 31 is inserted between a phase shifter 3 and a receiving filter 5 to allow a transmitted signal which is input from a transmission input terminal 32 to be delivered to an antenna 1 through the antenna duplexer 31.
  • the antenna duplexer 31 comprises a transmitting filter which passes a transmission band while eliminating a reception band, a receiving filter which passes a reception band while eliminating a transmission band, and a coupling circuit which couples these filters to the antenna, and functions to transmit a received signal which is input from the antenna only to the receiving filter 5 and to transmit a transmitted signal from the transmission input terminal 32 only to the antenna 1. While not shown in Fig.
  • outboard terminals of the phase shifter 3 are connected to the antenna elements 1a to 1d through the element feeders 2a to 2d, respectively, in the same manner as shown in Fig. 3. The same applies also for the following Figures.
  • the antenna 1 can be shared for the transmission and the reception. Because the superconductivity of a superconductor material is lost when a current in excess of a critical current is passed therethrough, if a high power is applied to the receiving filter 5 when it is formed of a superconductor material, the filter response will be degraded.
  • the receiving filter of the antenna duplexer 31 provides an attenuation on the order of 30dB to transmission band signals and thus suppresses it from being applied to the receiving filter 5, allowing the receiving filter 5 to operate satisfactorily as a superconductor filter.
  • the antenna duplexer 31 may be confined in the cryostat 8 to be cooled down through the cold stage 9a of the cooling means 9.
  • the thermal noises generated therein can be reduced to a minimum, with consequence that a high reception sensitivity is realized.
  • the receiving filter which is contained in the antenna duplexer 31 to pass a signal received by the antenna to the receiving filter 5 would have to exhibit an increased attenuation with respect to the transmission band, but the insertion loss of the receiving filter in the antenna duplexer 31 would be greater.
  • the antenna duplexer 31 is confined in the cryostat 8 to be cooled down by the cooling means 9, thermal noises which would be generated in the receiving filter of the antenna duplexer 31 will be reduced.
  • the receiving filter 5 is formed of a superconductor material to be cooled down by the cooling means 9 to assume a superconducting condition, a transmitting signal of a high power can be blocked from reaching the receiving filter 5, allowing a satisfactory operation of the latter.
  • an antenna duplexer 31 includes a transmitting filter 31t which has a pass band for the transmission band and a eliminating band for the reception band and which is disposed outside the cryostat 8, and a receiving filter 31r which has a eliminating band for the transmission band and a pass band for the reception band and which is disposed within the cryostat 8.
  • the transmitting filter 31t is disposed outside the cryostat 8 and thus is without cooling thereof because transmitted signal of relatively high power is transmitted therethrough, causing a relatively large amount of heating due to the loss thereof.
  • cooling means 9 of a reduced cooling capacity as compared with that used in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 can be employed.
  • the receiving filter 31r in the antenna duplexer 31 may comprise a micro-strip line filter, a cavity resonator filter, a dielectric resonator filter, a semi-coaxial filter or the like and may be formed of a non-superconductor metal. A similar choice is used when the receiving filter 31r is disposed outside the cryostat 8. As indicated in broken lines in Fig.
  • the receiving filter 31r When a single antenna is used for the transmission and the reception, it is necessary that the receiving filter 31r be capable of providing an increased attenuation, in particular for the signal in the transmission band. Accordingly, the receiving filter 31r is constructed to exhibit an attenuation pole for transmission band frequencies.
  • Fig. 7 graphically shows a transmission response of the receiving filter 31r. As indicated by a curve 101 in Fig. 7, when the transmission response of the receiving filter 31r is arranged to exhibit an attenuation pole 101P at a certain transmission frequency band, a desired attenuation response can be obtained with a reduced number of stages with a consequent suppression of the resulting insertion loss.
  • the receiving filter 31r has a band pass response for the reception frequency band and has an attenuation response produced by a pole in the transmission frequency band.
  • a receiving filter 5 may be omitted, and a receiving filter 16 may be separately provided on the output side of a low noise reception amplifier 6.
  • the first receiving filter as recited in Claim 1 refers to a receiving filter 31r.
  • the transmission responses of the receiving filter 31r and the receiving filter 16 are graphically shown in Figs. 9A and B. It will be understood that the loss of the receiving filter 31r has a great influence upon the reception sensitivity. Accordingly, the receiving filter 31r is constructed so that a gentle attenuation response can be achieved with a required minimum number of stages so as to attenuate interference waves while avoiding the saturation of the low noise reception amplifier 6, thus minimizing the insertion loss for the pass band.
  • the receiving filter 31r has a reduced number of stages and exhibits a more gentle cut-off response as compared with the receiving filter 16, and has a reduced loss.
  • the receiving filter 16 has a steep cut-off response and has an increased number of stages.
  • the advantages mentioned above can also be achieved when the transmitting filter 31t is omitted in the arrangement of Fig. 8 to provide a receive-only radio unit.
  • the advantage which is gained by bringing the receiving filter 16 as a later stage which follows the low noise reception amplifier 6 is similarly obtained when the cryostat 8 is constructed in a manner indicated by broken lines in Fig. 8 to dispose the phase shifter 3 outside the cryostat 8.
  • four antenna duplexers 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d are separately connected in paths between four element feeders 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and a phase shifter 3.
  • a transmitted signal which is input from a transmission input terminal 32 is divided into four signals in a transmitting phase shifter 41 to have phases of respective signals adjusted before they are input to associated antenna duplexers 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d to be delivered thence to respective antenna elements 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d.
  • the passage of a transmitted signal of a high power through the phase shifter 3 is avoided and the phase shifter 3 is only required to exhibit a reduced power withstanding capability, thus facilitating its design.
  • the size of the arrangement can be reduced.
  • the phase shifter 3 which is used for purpose of reception is provided separately from the transmitting phase shifter 41, and thus it is possible to change the direction of the antenna beam between the transmission and the reception.
  • the reception antenna beam may be directed more close to the horizontal direction while the transmission antenna beam may be largely depressed toward the ground surface, thus allowing a sensitivity for a weak input from a marginal service area of the own base station to be improved as far as a received signal is concerned while allowing radio interferences with respect to other areas to be suppressed as far as a transmitted signal is concerned.
  • a modification which is similar to the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 may be applied to the embodiment shown in Fig. 10.
  • individual receiving filters 31ra, 31rb, 31rc, 31rd in the antenna duplexers 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d may be confined in the cryostat 8 to be cooled down by cooling means 9 while transmitting filters 31ta, 31tb, 31tc, 31td, are disposed outside the cryostat 8.
  • the generation of thermal noises in the receiving filters 31ra, 31rb, 31rc, 31rd can be reduced than when the entire antenna duplexers 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d are disposed outside the cryostat 8, and the cooling efficiency can be improved than when the entire antenna duplexesrs 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d are confined in the cryostat 8 to be cooled down.
  • a combination of the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 5 or a combination of the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 31r or a combination of the phase shifter 3, the receiving filter 31r and the receiving filter 5 which are confined within the cryostat 8 may be formed on a common substrate.
  • a method of manufacturing the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 31r, both of which are formed of a non-superconductor metal, and the receiving filter 5 which is formed of a superconductor material on a common substrate for the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 will be described.
  • a pattern of the phase shifter 3, the receiving filter 31r and the receiving filter 5 on a substrate 111 is shown in Fig. 12.
  • the manufacturing method begins with forming superconductor thin films 112 of MgO or the like on the opposite surfaces of the substrate 111 as by sputtering technique or the like, as shown in Fig. 13A.
  • Photoresist layers 113 are formed over the entire surfaces of the superconductor thin films 112 (Fig. 13B), exposed and developed using masks (Fig. 13C), and the superconductor thin films 112 are removed by a chemical etching process using resulting masks to prepare a circuit pattern for the receiving filter 5 ( Fig. 13D), whereupon the photoresist layer 113 lying over the pattern is removed to obtain the receiving filter 5 ( Fig. 13E).
  • the photoresist layer 113 While protecting the receiving filter 5 by means of a photoresist layer 113, the photoresist layer 113 is removed from a region 114 in which the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 31r are to be formed (Fig. 13 F), and films 116 of a non-superconductor material such as gold which is used to form the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 31r are applied to the both surfaces of the substrate, as by vacuum evaporation (Fig. 13G). As indicated in Figs.
  • the size of the circuit can be reduced, contributing to a substantial reduction in the losses caused by the connection lines between these circuit components.
  • the receiving filters 31ra, 31rb, 31rc, 31rd, the phase shifter 3 and the receiving filter 5 can be formed on a common substrate for the embodiment shown in Fig. 11.
  • Fig. 14 shows a further embodiment of the invention.
  • a phase shifter 3 in this embodiment is provided as phase shifters 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d which are associated with each of the element feeders 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and outputs from the phase shifters 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, are fed to separate receiving filters 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, respectively.
  • the receiving filters 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d exhibit a transmission response which is similar to the transmission response of the receiving filter 5.
  • Outputs from the receiving filters 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d are amplified by low noise reception amplifiers 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, respectively, and the amplified outputs are combined in a combiner 14 to be deliverd to an output terminal 7.
  • the phase shifters 3a to 3d, the receiving filters 5a to 5d, the low noise reception amplifier 6a to 6d and the combiner 14 are confined in a cryostat 8 to be cooled down by cooling means 9 through a cold stage 9a.
  • Operating power to the low noise reception amplifiers 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d are supplied from respective power supply terminals 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d.
  • signals received by individual antenna elements are combined after they are each passed through an independent phase shifter, receiving filter and low noise reception amplifier.
  • This allows a power withstanding capability required of respective receiving filters 5a to 5d to be reduced in comparison to that required of the receiving filter 5 and the low noise reception amplifier 6 in the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 while allowing the input power to each of the low noise reception amplifiers 6a to 6d to be reduced, thus facilitating their design.
  • the phase shifters 3a to 3d shown in the embodiment of Fig. 14 may be transposed to a stage which follows the low noise reception amplifiers 6a to 6d, respectively.
  • a signal received by each antenna element is amplified in one of the low noise reception amplifiers 6a to 6d to a given level, and accordingly a cryostat 8 in this instance may be constructed in a manner shown by broken lines in Fig. 15, thus disposing the phase shifters 3a to 3d and the combiner 14 outside the cryostat 8.
  • phase shifters 3a to 3d may be transposed to a stage which follows low noise reception amplifiers 6a to 6d.
  • a cryostat 8 may be constructed in a manner indicated by broken lines, thus disposing the phase shifters 3a to 3d and the combiner 14 outside the cryostat 8.
  • the phase shifter may be cooled down together with a receiving filter and a low noise reception amplifier by cooling means, thereby reducing thermal noises generated therein to a minimum while simultaneously allowing a line path which connects between the phase shifter and the receiving filter to be eliminated, with consequence that a high reception sensitivity is realized.
  • a similar advantage can be gained if a single antenna is shared for the transmission and the reception using a antenna duplexer.
  • the direction of a transmitting antenna beam and the direction of a receiving antenna beam may be changed through a phasing control, individually thereby allowing the sensitivity for an end of an service area of the own base station to be enhanced while suppressing radio interferences with other areas, for example, thus allowing a required output power from a mobile unit to be reduced.

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